Well, this sucks. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Atlanta rap star Gucci Mane has been arrested. Again. According to the newspaper, the frequently-jailed rapper was arrested yesterday morning for "driving on the wrong side of the road, running a red light or stop sign, damage to government property, obstruction, no license, no proof of insurance and other traffic charges."
The Journal-Constitution reports that Arresting officers had… Continue
A knife-wielding man with a death wish who called 911 ranting "I'm ready to kill some cops" was gunned down by police in front of his upper Manhattan home early Sunday. Emmanuel Paulino, 24, shrugged off the Taser darts that cops first used outside his Inwood apartment building and lunged at officers, who fired at least nine times, killing him, police said.
"This is suicide by cop," a police source said last… Continue
A longtime Bronx graffiti artist who claimed to have gone mainstream returned to his roots by tagging a subway car uptown, police said. Fernando Carlo - whose graffiti has covered trains, walls, and trucks since the late '70s - was busted this week. Police said Carlo, better known as Cope or Cope2, slipped into a subway yard at 207th St., using a train as his personal canvas.
Embattled former CEO Marion “Suge” Knight can't seem to keep himself out of trouble.
But considering he was recently arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, taken to court for child support, and facing a $6 million tax lien, he can mark this latest run in with the law as a slight win.
According to TMZ sources, the former Death Row head was pulled over in L.A. around 3 AM for a traffic violation when police realized he was driving on… Continue
Paris Hilton will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony charge after she struck a plea deal with prosecutors in Las Vegas.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Paris will plead guilty to drug possession and obstructing an officer (both misdemeanors) to avoid two consecutive six month-sentences in the Clark County Detention Center.
Instead, according to the paper, she will get a year of probation and also must complete a… Continue
An NYPD captain in a scandal-plagued Brooklyn precinct has a name for cops who don't write enough summonses: "do-nothings." Capt. Alex Perez, in a new set of recordings, threatened to fire less productive cops and talked openly to other supervisors about summons quotas.
"Your workers will get you something," Capt. Alex Perez said on a tape played for the Daily News Friday. "Your do-nothings will get you nothing."
A crocodile caused a commotion in Queens Sunday when it was cornered under a car.
Yes, a crocodile.
"Before you ask, no cops could confirm it came out of the sewer," said police spokesman James Duffy, referring to an urban legend that such reptiles live in the city's sewer system.
Duffy said it remained a mystery where the 2-foot-long baby reptile came from.
"No one's come forward and said, 'Hey, I lost a… Continue
Miami Heat star Udonis Haslem was arrested in Miami this afternoon after police found marijuana in his car.
Haslem was pulled over by Florida Highway Patrol officers for, we're told by sources, having tinted windows. We're told there were three other guys in the car with Haslem.
According to sources, officers searched the car three times for drugs -- an initial search and then a search with drug dogs yielded nothing. We're told when… Continue
Two cops were shot early Sunday - including one saved by his bulletproof vest - in a wild Harlem gunfight sparked by the slaying of a man at a barbecue, police said.
Angel Alvarez, 23, shot and killed Luis Soto, 22, of the Bronx, and then exchanged gunfire with five responding cops - touching off a shootout in which cops fired at least 40 rounds, police said.
Alvarez was shot 21 times but survived, his family said. Three other civilians… Continue
Four shootings marred the predawn hours Sunday, with each incident claiming a life and three wounding at least one victim, police said.
The bloodshed marked the second consecutive Sunday in which four people were slain, as the city's homicide rate continued to hover slightly above last year's record-low tally.
Rafael Otero, 27, was killed in a hail of at least 14 bullets that also wounded his girlfriend's daughter, Sugeily Rodriguez,… Continue
Lil' Wayne is in Rikers, but he is still fighting other cases outside of the bing. He was forced to plead guilty in AZ instead of looking at jail time. He caught a case in '08, where the coppers found a gun, weed, coke and some ex pills on his tour bus. Wayne just pleaded guilty and now he's going to go through 36 months of probation. Don't dudes get tired of going through the system? It has to be a… Continue
The survivor of a Queens shooting that left an up-and-coming rapper dead says the slaying - which happened feet away from hip-hop star Fabolous - looked like an assassination.
The 24-year-old Queens man, who asked for his name to be withheld out of fear for his safety, said he walked out of Club Amazura with pal Greg (G-Baby) Brown while eying Fabolous' luxury van on Archer Ave. in Jamaica,… Continue
Diddy had better hope that M2 gets its act together - and fast.
We hear that the celebrity-packed nightclub - which is set to throw a Diddy-hosted bash for DJ Pro Style's birthday next Monday - was shut down all weekend. The reason: Reports surfaced yesterday that undercover officers had caught staffers selling marijuana and narcotics, and that several security guards were unlicensed.
The drama began Friday night at 11, when the… Continue
A massive gang takedown in Queens uncovered a rare alliance between Bloods and Crips and a ruthless plot to assassinate cops, authorities said Friday.
The revelations came as law enforcement unveiled the chilling results of long-running "Operation Under Siege" - 104 suspects, dozens of guns, two slayings and piles of drugs and cash.
The sprawling case was built on wiretaps - including… Continue
Is weed still illegal? I had no idea. Anyway, the dude Jaheim reportedly got arrested for having some weed is his car. Apparently, he was caught riding dirty in his car, while driving 65 in a 35. As they always do, they smelled the powerful aroma of weed coming from the car and arrested dude. They need to arrest pharmaceutical companies for selling real drugs to… Continue
LOS ANGELES - Newly unsealed search warrants detail an array of skin-whitening creams and medical items found in Michael Jackson's home after the singer's death.
The documents were unsealed Friday following a legal motion by The Associated Press. They show detectives found four bottles of anesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening cream in a cupboard in Jackson's room.
Jackson had the skin condition vitiligo that creates… Continue
A federal judge in Brooklyn Wednesday gave city lawyers until May 6 to decide whether they will represent the NYPD cops charged in the wrongful death lawsuit of Sean Bell, the unarmed man gunned down on his wedding day.
Judge Sterling Johnson -- a former NYPD sergeant himself -- rejected the city's request for a six-month stay of the civil suit filed nearly three years ago but put on hold while the officers faced criminal charges and a civil… Continue
A simple early morning disturbance call ended with the death of a gay-porn actor.
And it was all captured on video.
Deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Department in Florida arrived at the Executive Inn after Andrew Grande (known professionally as Dustin Michaels), 23, allegedly got into a fight with a female friend, according to Panama City Beach's WJHG.
Police attempted to handcuff Grande, who… Continue